November 17, 2014

Identifying Early Photographs

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Daguerreotypes (ca 1839)

Photography arrived in the United States in 1839 thanks to Samuel F. B.
Morse, an American artist and inventor.
Morse visited Daguerre in Paris in March 1839 and observed a
demonstration of the daguerreotype process. He returned to the United
States to spread the news, and by the end of 1839 some larger cities on
the East Coast had very successful portrait studios.

6th plate Daguerreotype taken ca 1854

Ambrotypes (circa 1854)

The ambrotype was a glass negative backed with black material, which
enabled it to appear as a positive image. Patented in 1854, the
ambrotype was made, packaged, and sold in portrait studios as the
daguerreotype had been, but at a lower cost. The ambrotype produced a
single image on glass.

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